NATIONAL
Moon highlights importance of ASEAN ahead of summits
President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday stressed the importance of strengthening ties with ASEAN member states, saying the region is key to his administration’s foreign policy. Speaking at a Cabinet meetin...
Nov 12, 2019
US JCS chairman addresses questions about troop presence in S. Korea, Japan
WASHINGTON -- US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley has said the American public poses questions about why the United States should station troops in South Korea and Japan and why the As...
S. Korea appoints new ambassadors to 10 countries
South Korea appointed new ambassadors to Malaysia, Mongolia and eight other countries, the foreign ministry said Monday, in a regular reshuffle that also includes replacements of those under probe ov...
Nov 11, 2019
S. Korea open to settling spat with Japan over intel-sharing pact if relations improve
President Moon Jae-in’s top security adviser reaffirmed Sunday that South Korea’s bilateral military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan could be renewed, as the expiration date draws near. Chung E...
Nov 10, 2019
FM Kang holds talks with French digital affairs secretary over bilateral ties
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha held talks with France's digital affairs secretary in Seoul Friday to discuss bilateral relations, peace efforts on the Korean Peninsula and cooperation in new technol...
Nov 8, 2019
UN First Committee adopts resolution submitted by Seoul
The First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted on Wednesday a resolution submitted by South Korea to encourage youth participation in disarmament and nonproliferation efforts. It...
Nov 7, 2019
Asia-Pacific news agency chiefs open Seoul session on challenges facing media
President Moon Jae-in will meet with chiefs of news agencies in the Asia-Pacific region Thursday afternoon, Cheong Wa Dae said, as he's expected to seek continued attention and support for the Korea ...
Stilwell says he had ‘fantastic’ discussions with Korean government
Moon-Abe meeting is ‘encouraging sign,’ says US official for Asia
Nov 6, 2019
S. Korea, US senior officials discuss economic cooperation in APAC
South Korea and the US held a joint public-private economic forum to discuss ways to strengthen their economic ties and enhance cooperation on issues of common interest, the Foreign Ministry said Wed...
Top US negotiator for defense cost-sharing deal visits South Korea
James DeHart, the chief US negotiator for the defense cost-sharing deal with South Korea, is in Seoul for an informal visit. South Korean government officials view the visit as aimed at learning more...
National Assembly speaker stresses need to resolve Seoul-Tokyo row
National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang on Wednesday stressed the need to lay the grounds for resolving the latest Seoul-Tokyo friction within the year, while Japanese media reported that Tokyo would...
Speaker Moon proposes new idea for resolving Japan's wartime forced labor issue
South Korea's parliamentary speaker on Tuesday proposed to Japan that companies and ordinary people of the two nations voluntarily create a fund to resolve a dispute over Tokyo's wartime forced labor...
Nov 5, 2019
Top US official for Asia arrives in Seoul, expected to discuss GSOMIA
David Stilwell, US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, arrived in Seoul late Tuesday for talks with Korean officials on their bilateral alliance and ongoing regional affa...
Moon assesses his latest meeting with Abe was 'meaningful'
President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday he has had a "meaningful" meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that could herald the start of dialogue for mending soured ties between Seoul and Tokyo. ...
US underscores commitment to Indo-Pacific region after RCEP deal
WASHINGTON -- The United States Monday underscored its commitment to free trade with the Indo-Pacific region after a bloc of nations led by China struck a major trade deal without US participation. ...